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Lyrics  written  by  Hermann  Hagedom 

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Chorus  (The  Peterborough  MacDowell  Club)  trained  by  H.  Brooks 

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NOTE 


IN  two  ways  the  Peterborough  Memorial  Pag- 
eant is  experimental.  Believing  that  pag- 
eantry stimulates  local  pride  in  past  achievement, 
strengthens  community  spirit,  and  reveals  un- 
expected artistic  resources,  those  responsible  for 
this  pageant  wish  it  to  help  in  demonstrating 
that  for  artistic  and  pleasurable  results  pagean- 
try need  not  be  confined  to  great  centres,  need 
not  necessitate  vast  expense,  but  is  perfectly 
possible  for  small  communities.  The  Peter- 
borough Pageant  aims  to  prove,  also,  that  move- 
ment, color,  pantomine,  and  music  should  count 
more  in  pageantry  than  the  spoken  word. 

Scenic  effects  have  been  omitted  in  the  belief 
that  the  natural  setting  of  this  pageant  would 
make  these  seem  offensively  artificial.  Because 
of  this  setting  and  because  of  the  use  of  the 
MacDowell  music,  suggestion  rather  than  realism 
is  the  basis  of  the  pageant. 


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PETERBOROUGH  MEMORIAL 
PAGEANT 

(a  Tribute  to  Edward  MacDowell) 

"THE  HOUSE  OF  DREAMS" 

A  house  of  dreams  untold. 

It  looks  out  over  the  whispering  tree-tops 

And  faces  the  setting  sun. 

(Lines  prefacing  From  a  Log  Cabin) 

PAI^  I 

1.  INVOCATION 

Cin  Deep  Woods  and  From  a  Log  Cabin) 

CLIO,  as  the  muse  of  history,  summons  her  sisters  to  aid  in 
the  pageant.  First  comes  Euterpe,  from  the  log  cabin,  where  the 
composer  wrote  much  of  his  music.  The  Dreams  of  the  musician 
attend  her.  In  succession,  Melpomene,  as  tragedy,  Thalia,  as  com- 
edy, and  Terpsichore,  goddess  of  the  dance,  enter,  accompanied  by 
the  dreams  each  muse  inspires.  Bom  from  the  dreams  of  men,  inter- 
preted in  them,  history  begins  and  is  represented. 

INVOCATION 

(^Contralto  solo — Miss  Aldrich) 

Euterpe — Come,  oh  dreams ! 

Swarming,  from  your  shadows  bound ! 

Come,  I  wait ! 

Fling  wide  your  shining  gate. 

Wreathe  me  round — 

Come,  oh  dreams! 

{Chorus) 
Come,  oh  dreams! 
Airy  visions  bom  in  tears, 
Fed  in  woe ! 


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Strong  through  famine,  wrath  and  snow, 
True  through  the  years — 
Come,  oh  dreams ! 

{Soprano  solo — Miss  Loew) 
Melpomene — Hark,  the  buried  laughter! 
Hark,  the  buried  sighs ! 
Glory  of  war,  and  through  the  roar. 
Cries,  cries! 

Hark,  now  the  peaceful  tabor 
Flutes  its  songs  of  toil. 
Glory  of  peace  and  labor 
Waken  the  stony  soil! 

{Cliorus) 
Fruitful  dreams ! 
Mighty  labor,  crowning  dreams, 
Crowning  dreams ! 

{Contralto  solo — Miss  Aldrich) 
Seed  of  earth's  blight  and  bloom! 

{Chorus) 
Airy  dreams! 

Patient  labor,  crowning  dreams ! 
High  the  bloom 

Upsprings  from  earth's  dark  womb. 
Born  of  dreams ! 
Airy  dreams! 
Stone  and  clod 

Lift  the  glories,  lift  the  gleams. 
Unto  God ! 
Lift  the  dreams 
Breathing,  glowing,  unto  God! 


IN  THE  GARDEN  AT  *' HILLCFi^EHT';  j 

J       i     :>    }  > 


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Muses 


Clio 

Euterpe  . 
Melpomene 
Thalia 
Terpsichore 


Miss  Bartholomew 

Miss  Johnson 

Miss  Morgan 

.  Miss  Cdte 

.     Miss  Valentine 


Dreams 
Miss  Dorothy  Seccomhe,  Miss  Daniels,  Miss  Dostie,  Miss  Gil- 
christy  Miss  Harbour,  Miss  Harvey,  Miss  Hawkins,  Miss 
Howe,  Miss  Seccombe,  Miss  Tucker,  Miss  Weeks 

2.  INDIAN  LIFE 

C Indian  Idyl) 

Among  the  Indians  the  wooing  was  done  by  the  father  of  the 
young  brave  or  some  member  of  his  family.  If  the  overtures,  made 
not  to  the  young  girl  but  her  father  or  some  representative  of  her 
family,  were  satisfactory,  the  gifts,  often  some  valuable  skins,  were 
accepted,  the  time  for  the  marriage  was  set,  and  the  brave's  father 
returned  home  with  his  skins. 

When  the  young  brave  came  to  claim  his  bride,  a  valuable  rug 
was  placed  in  the  seat  of  honor,  at  the  back  of  the  wigwam.  Com- 
ing forth  with  her  attending  women,  the  girl  placed  herself  on 
this  rug.  Raising  her  from  it,  the  young  brave  led  her  to  the  sports 
celebrating  the  wedding. 

INDIAN  IDYL 

{Soprano  solo — Miss  Wills) 
The  Indian  Bride — Sing  the  flowers  and  fields, 
*'  He  is  strong  ! " 

The  birds  that  wake  the  day,  they  sing 
"  He  is  wise  ! " 
The  woodland  elves 
Low  they  cry 

"  His  steps  are  song — the  woods  are  glad 
Where  he  goes." 
My  brave. 


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My  brave ! 

Tell  me,  is  my  face 

Fair  for  love? 
Indian  Women — Your  face  is  spring  and  dawn,  your  hair 

Cloud  and  night. 
Bride — When  I  am  old 

Will  he  love? 
Indian  Women — Your  eyes  will  be  the  sunHght  bright 

Through  the  clouds. 
Bride — Speak  true ! 
Speak  true! 

{Solo — Mr.  Barker) 

Bridegroom — The  morning  calls.       Will   you  come,  oh  my 

bride? 
Bride — The  day  is  night  till  you  beckon  to  me. 
Indian  Women — Look,  the  brave — look  there! — touches  her 

hand! 

See  the  girl — how  bold !  — looks  in  his  eyes ! 
Old  Woman — I,  too,  once — 
The  Women — Ugh!   ugh! 

{Oliorus) 

Maidens  laugh  and  dance. 

Comes  the  brave. 

Their  words  are  hght  as  leaves,  that  play 

In  the  wind. 

The  leaves  are  still 

Comes  the  rain. 

The  young  papoose  shows  how  they  dance. 

Leaves  of  oak. 

In  the  wind. 


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Cast  for  Nos.  2  and  6 
Indian  Chiefs  .  .  .   Mr.  Liscord,  Mr.  Edwards 

Indian  Boys     Alpheus  White,  Arthur  Branigan,  Paul  Liscord, 

Charles  Garneau.  C.  F.  Batchelder,  Jr.,  Clayton  Phillips, 

Victor  Miller 
Indian  Girls     Susie  Thomas,   Myrtle  Tetley,   Annie  Bagley, 

Phyllis  Nichols,  Marian  McQuillan,  Lillian  Ames 
Indian  Bride     ......  Miss  Wills 

Indian    Women     Mrs.  Wilson,  Miss  Loew,  Miss  Hatch,  Miss 

Modesta,   Mrs.   Tetley,  Mrs.  Knight,  Miss  Knight,  Miss 

Olive  Miller,  Miss  Parker,  Miss  Madden,  Miss  Marsh, 

Miss  Bailey 
Young  Chief      ......  Mr.  Barker 

Braves     Mr.  G.  Smith,  Mr.  Manning,  Mr.   Charkowski,  Mr. 

Daniels,  Mr.  Ware,  Mr.  Weeks 

3.  THE  CONDITIONS  IN  NORTH  IRELAND  COM- 
PELLING  THE   EMIGRATION    OF   THE   SETTLERS 

The  original  settlers  of  Peterborough  were  of  Scotch  Covenanter 
stock,  which  came  over  to  the  neighborhood  of  Londonderry,  Ireland, 
during  the  sixteenth  century.  The  oppression  of  Presbyterians  as 
well  as  Catholics  by  the  Church  of  England,  the  embargoes  on  send- 
ing products  out  of  Ireland,  the  crippling  of  the  woolen  trade,  all 
these  causes  of  discontent  combined  to  make  these  high-spirited  men 
and  women  willing  to  face  the  dangers  of  the  new  world. 

Regular  fairings  were  forbidden  by  law,  but,  of  course,  the  peas- 
ants met  together  for  such  informal  pleasure-making  as  that  repre- 
sented in  the  scene.  Nos.  3  and  4  are  not,  as  wholes,  history  repro- 
duced, but  the  conditions  represented  held  good  in  the  north  of 
Ireland,  and  many  of  the  speeches  are  historical. 

THE  CRUISKEEN  LAWN 

{Condensed  slightly.     Mr.  Woollett) 

Let  the  farmer  praise  his  grounds, 

Let  the  huntsman  praise  his  hounds. 

But  I,  more  blest  than  they. 

Spend  each  happy  night  and  day 


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With  my  charming  httle  cruiskeen  lawn,  lawn,  lawn. 
My  charming  little  cruiskeen  lawn. 

And  when  grim  death  appears. 
In  a  few,  but  pleasant,  years, 

I  '11  say.  Begone,  you  knave. 

For  bold  Bacchus  gave  me  lave 
To  take  another  cruiskeen  lawn,  lawn,  lawn. 
Another  little  cruiskeen  lawn. 

Then  fill  your  glasses  high, 
Let 's  not  part  with  lips  adry. 

And,  since  we  can't  remain. 

May  we  shortly  meet  again, 
To  fill  another  cruiskeen  lawn,  lawn,  lawn. 
To  fill  another  cruiskeen  lawn. 

The  music  of  the  jig  danced  by  Mr.  Woollett,  called 
"  The  Blackberry  Blossom,"  is  from  Petrie's  Ancient  Music 
of  Ireland 

Cast  for  Nos.  3,  4  and  5 

Boy George  Eagan 

Old  Woman Miss  Kendall 

Young  Woman        .         .         .      Miss  Margaret  Seccombe 

Old  Man Mr.  Towne 

Pedlar Mr.  Woollett 

Peasants  Mr.  Green,  Mr.  Higgins,  Mr.  E.  Davis,  Mr. 
Fierce,  Mr.  Frost,  Mr.  Kale,  Mr.  Stiles,  Mr.  Towne,  Mr. 
Ellsworth,  Mr.  Carew,  Mr.  Woollett,  Mr.  Barker,  Mr. 
C.  Hunter,  Mr.  H.  H.  Harbour,  Mr.  Knight,  Mr.  Bag- 
ley,  Mr.  Sweeney,  Mr.  Fennerty,  Mr.  Harrington,  Mr. 
Allen,  Mr.  Abbott,  Mr.  Dustin,  Mrs.  France,  Mrs.  H. 
CDay,  Miss  Almonritter,  Miss  Seccombe,  Miss  Mar- 
garet Seccombe,  Miss  M.  McQuillan,  Miss  Dorman, 
Miss  Hunter,  Miss  G^Dwyer,  Miss  Condon,  Miss  Lacey 


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Cast  for  Nos.  3,  4  and  5- 
SiR  William  Tenney 
Lady  Tenney 


■Continued 


HOETON       . 

His  Wife 
His  Man 
Young  Girl 
Old  Woman 
Young  Boy 
Another  Girl  . 


Mr,  Dustin 

Mrs.  Cutler 

Mr.  Jellison 

Miss  Adams 

Mr.  Abbott 

Miss  Lacey 

Miss  Baetz 

Davis  White 

Miss  Hunter 

Elders  .  .  .  Mr.  Ames.,  Mr.  Tetley,  Mr.  Baker 
Puritans  Mr.  Day^  Mr.  Buchanan,  Mr.  Jellison,  Mr.  Wil- 
son, Mr.  F.  M.  Greene,  Mr.  JS.  S.  Green,  Mr.  H.  Dow, 
Mr.  E.  Doio,  Richard  Brooks,  Mohert  Brooks,  W. 
Thorpe,  N.  Thorpe,  Susie  Thomas,  Mrs.  Maguire,  Mrs. 
D.  M.  White,  Mrs.  Girardin,  Mrs.  Rich,  Mrs.  Hawkins, 
Mrs.  Ware,  Mrs.  Cutler,  Mrs.  Trefethen,  Mrs.  Sleight, 
Mrs.  John  Robbe,  Mrs.  Cheney,  Mrs.  Peaslee,  Miss  Rus- 
sell, Miss  McMurphy,  Miss  Trefethen,  Miss  Girardin, 
Miss  Day,  Miss  Mitchell,  Miss  Ellsworth,  Miss  Buchanan, 
Miss  Ware,  Miss  G'Day,  Miss  Connell,  Miss  Parkhurst, 
Miss  Ames,  Miss  Ramsey,  Miss  Aldrich,  Miss  Weston, 
Miss  Grey,  Miss  Mono  Miller,  Miss  Bertha  Hadley, 
Miss  Ethel  Corbert,  Miss  Margaret  Ramsey,  Miss  Greene 
Children     Richard    and    Robert   Brooks,   Mina   McNeil, 

George  Ramsey 
Soldiers     Mr.  Vaughan,  Mr.  Lindsey,  Mr.  E.  Davis,  Mr. 

Dawson,  Mr.  Fontaine,  Mr.  Jagger 
Captain  of  Soldiers      ....     Mr.  Walbridge 
Captain  of  Sailors        ....         Mr.  Garfield 
Sailors Mr.  Morris,  Mr.  Sweeney 

4.  THE  DEPARTURE 

The  emigrants  and  their  friends  are  gathered  in  the  church  for 
the  last  time.     At  the  opening  of  the  scene  they  are  heard  (off  stage) 


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ginging  Dundee,  a  hymn  of  their  Scotch  Covenanter  ancestors.  The 
action  shows  the  grief  of  the  parting,  as  the  emigrants  pass  out  to 
the  ship  which  is  waiting  to  sail  with  them. 

DUNDEE— Psalm  XXIII 

The  Lord's  my  shepherd,  I  '11  not  want. 

He  makes  me  down  to  lie 
In  pastures  green :   he  leadeth  me 

the  quiet  waters  by. 

My  soul  he  doth  restore  again ; 

and  me  to  walk  doth  make 
Within  the  path  of  righteousness 

ev'n  for  His  own  name's  sake. 

Yea,  though  I  walk  in  death's  dark  vale, 

yet  will  I  fear  none  ill : 
For  thou  art  with  me ;   and  thy  rod 

and  staff  me  comfort  still. 

My  table  thou  hast  furnished 

in  presence  of  my  foes ; 
My  head  thou  dost  with  oil  anoint 

and  my  cup  overflows. 

Goodness  and  mercy  all  my  life 

shall  surely  follow  me; 
And  in  God's  house  for  evermore 

my  dwelling-place  shall  be. 

5.  THE  LANDING     (l718) 

The  Landing   (1620) 

The  group  of  settlers  landed  in  December,  1718,  near  Portland, 
where  they  endured  many  hardships,  and  even  famine.  From  this 
they  were  saved  by  suppUes  sent  from  Boston.  The  scene  represents 
the  varied  emotions  at  the  landing,  culminating  in  the  common  mood 
of  prayerful  thankfubiess  and  trust. 


'A  house  of  Dreams  untold 
That  looks  out  over  the  whispering  treetops 
And  faces  the  setting  sun" 


CABIN  ROAD,  PETERBOROUGH,  N.  H. 


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HYMN  OF  PRAISE 

(Mixed  Chorus) 

God,  our  Father!    Glory,  Lord,  to  Thee! 
Before  whose  voice  is  mute  the  thund'ring  sea! 

Through  wind  and  foam 

Thou  lead'st  us  home — 
To  Thee  be  glory  through  eternity. 

(Chorus  of  Women) 

Lord,  hunger  and  cold  are  nigh ! 
Lord,  not  for  ourselves  we  cry — 
Let  not  our  children  die ! 

(Chorus  of  Men) 

Silence  your  loud  alarms ! 
God  is  our  shield  from  harms — 
He  will  make  strong  our  arms. 
Christ,  who  has  calmed  the  wave, 
Christ  will  uphold  the  brave. 

(Mixed  Chorus) 

Christ,  our  Saviour !      Father  of  our  Faith ! 

To  Thee  we  bring  faint  hearts  and  faihng  breath. 

Be  Thou  our  Guide! 

With  Thee  we  bide. 
To  love,  to  labor,  and  to  hope  till  death ! 

6.  THE  BURIAL  OF  THE  CHIEFTAIN 

CThe  Indian  Lodge) 
The  Indians  foresee  the  passing  of  their  race. 

The    Braves — He  is  dead ! 
By  the  shore 
Pale  faces  from  the  sea 
Shot  fire ! 


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He  was  chief — 

He  is  dead. 

Wings  drove  their  canoe. 

They  are  gods. 

From  their  eyes 

Leapt  their  fire 

To  his  breast. 

Leapt  death. 

Pale  foes — they  are  great. 

Their  arrows  fly  unseen. 

Their  bows 

Shout  aloud — 

"  He  is  dead !  " 
The  Women — With  his  hands 

He  was  strong. 

In  council  was  he  wise. 

Who  now  will  be  wise? 

He  is  dead. 
Braves  and  Women — Pale  tribes,  they  are  great. 

In  our  woods 

They  will  hunt. 

Squaws  and  braves 

They  will  kill 

With  fire. 
Women — Who  now  will  be  wise? 

Our  wise  man,  he  is  dead. 
Braves  and  Women — Who,  now? 

They  who  come 

They  are  death. 

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PART  II 

7.  A   COLONIAL   WEDDING  (l755) 

(Jagdlied,  the  West  Wind  Croons  in  the  Cedar  Trees. 
The  Robin  Sings  in  the  Apple  Tree) 

After  the  hardships  on  landing  the  colonists  made  their  way  to 
what  is  now  Londonderry,  N.  H.  There  was  a  grant  of  land  in 
1739  for  this  Peterborough  region,  and  in  the  ensuing  years  to  1749 
an  occasional  party  came  thither  to  hunt,  or  to  clear  land.  The 
Main  Street,  now  the  Ipswich  Road,  was  laid  out  in  1739,  but  there 
was  no  permanent  settlement  before  1749. 

Till  into  the  19th  century  the  town  lay  along  this  Main  Street, 
only  gradually  growing  away  from  it  into  the  valley,  as  the  devel- 
opment of  the  water  power  and,  later,  the  incoming  of  the  railroad 
shifted  the  centre  of  activity. 

The  Colonial  Wedding  illustrates  a  custom  of  these  early  set- 
tlers at  weddings.  Friends  of  the  Bride  and  the  Groom  met,  chose 
a  companion  for  each,  and  then  watched  the  two  run  a  race  for 
some  simple  prize.  The  scene  illustrates  also  the  essential  part  spin- 
ning played  in  the  daily  life  of  the  time.  It  is  a  fact  that  the 
women  carried  their  wheels  with  them  even  to  festivities. 

THE  DANCE  TO  THE  WEDDING 

Friends  of  the  Groom — Who  'II  wed  my  brother  Jack? 
Nary  a  farthing  on  his  back, 
But  he  '11  beat  you  blue  and  black — 
Who  '11  wed,  oh? 
Friends  of  the  Bride — Who  '11  wed  my  sister  Sue? 
Shimmering  curls  of  orange  hue. 
Pearly  teeth  and  eyes  of  blue, — 
She  's  a  virago  and  a  shrew 
And  she  '11  rule  you  through  and  through — 
Who  '11  wed,  oh? 
A    Friend    of   the    Groom — There's   none   can   stand   with 

Jack! 
A   Friend  of  the  Bride — Brother,   oh,   watch  his  arm  go 
slack 

When  she  holds  the  porridge  back. 


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Chorus  of  Bride's  Friends — Poor  Jack,  oh! 

Girl  Friends  of  the  Groom — Then  race !   run  swift 
The  bride  's  at  her  door. 

Girl  Friends  of  the  Bride — A  golden  gift 
She  holds  in  store. 

Girl  Friends  of  the  Groom — The  gift,  it  is  this 
For  the  fleet  lad  who  whips — 

Girl  Friends  of  the  Bride — A  kiss,  a  kiss 
From  the  bride's  own  hps! 
Then  race  a-down  the  vale, 
Flowering  mead  and  shad'wy  dale! 
Who  '11  hnger  on  the  trail 

Of  kisses? 
Who  '11  stand  and  gently  wait 
Watching  his  rival  at  the  gate 
Filching  honeycombs  of  fate. 
And  doff  his  hat,  with  mien  sedate. 
Begging  the  maid,  an  hour  late. 
For  kisses? 

So  race  a-through  the  town 
Knocking  the  stately  burghers  down— 
Who  minds  a  broken  crown 

At  weddings? 
We  're  angels  all  the  year ! 
Widows  and  orphans  bring  we  cheer, 
Captains  and  parsons  we  revere. 
When  they  preach,  we  lend  an  ear, 
W^hen  they  die,  we  shed  our  tear. 
All  the  vanities  we  fear — 
But  oh,  we  are  happy  once  a  year 

At  weddings ! 


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Friends  of  the  Groom — Speak  low!    speak  low! 

The  parsons  are  nigh. 
Friends  of  the  Bride — Below  we  '11  go 

With  souls  awry ! 
Parsons — Oh,  impious  pack ! 

The  devil  grips  your  souls. 
Young  People — We  '11  beat  him  back 

With  coals,  with  coals! 
Chorus — Who  '11  wed  my  brother  Jack? 

Nary  a  farthing  on  his  back. 

But  he  '11  beat  you  blue  and  black — 
Who '11  wed,  oh! 

Who  '11  wed  my  sister  Sue? 

Shimmering  curls  of  orange  hue, 

Pearly  teeth  and  eyes  of  blue — 

She  's  a  virago  and  a  shrew 

And  she  '11  rule  you  through  and  through — 
Who '11  wed,  oh? 

SPINNING  SONG 
Women — The  wool  cries.  Whirl !   to  the  singing  wheel. 

The  wheel  to  the  treadle.  Begin ! 
Bride — And  the  husband,  out  at  the  elbow  and  heel. 

Cries  to  his  good  wife.  Spin ! 
Women — The  mothers  roam  through  the  new  bride's  house 

With  the  prying  kith  and  kin — 
Bride — And,  oh!    the  frown  on  the  stately  brows: 

Child,  you  must  spin,  spin,  spin ! 
Women — Your  goodman's  aunt  needs  a  woolen  shawl. 

And  his  gran 'sir  a  cloth  for  his  chin — 
Bride — But  I,  I  '11  curtsy  most  kindly  to  all 

And  spin  for  my  goodman,  spin ! 


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Women — Spin  wool,  spin  wool  for  the  winter's  need, 

Cold  ears,  and  shivering  shin. 
Bride — Nay,  I  '11  spin  me  gowns  for  the  dance  on  the  mead, 

And  round  with  my  goodman — spin! 
Women — The  years  cry.  Spin!  to  the  youth  that  fades. 

Pale  cheeks  and  fingers  thin. 
BRroE — But  the  heart  cries  loud  through  the  gathering  shades. 

Spin  for  the  new  hopes,  spin ! 
Women — The  tears  cry.  Spin!    to  the  hstless  hands. 

And  Spin!  cries  the  sorrow  within. 
Bride — But  loudest  cries  Joy  where  my  truejove  stands. 

Spin  through  the  glad  years,  spin! 


Cast 

Dancers  Mr.  J^ennerty,  Mr.  Jagger,  Mr.  Ellsicorth^ 
Mr.  Dow,  Mr.  E.  Dow.,  Mr.  Vaughan.,  Mr.  Barker, 
Mr.  Stiles,  Miss  Seccombe,  Miss  Margaret  Seccombe, 
Miss  O.  Miller,  Miss  B.  Miller,  Miss  Ellsworth,  Miss 
Ware,  Miss  Modesta,  Miss  Wills,  Miss  Adams,  Miss 
Lacey,  Miss  Bugbee,  Miss  Knox,  Miss  Hatch,  Miss 
Almonritter,  Mrs.  Wilson,  Miss  Kendall 

Bride Miss  Shattuck 

Bridegroom 

Mother  of  Bride 

Father  of  Bride 

Elders 

Bridal    Procession      Mrs 


Mr.  H.  H.  Harbour 

.     Mrs.  Cutler 

Mr.  Ames 

Mr.  Edwards,  Mr.  Garfield 

Sleight,   Miss    Tubbs,   Mrs. 


Haiokins,  Miss  Marsh,  Mrs.  Brown,  Mrs.  Cheney, 
Miss  0  Day,  Mrs.  Tetley,  Mrs.  Ware,  Miss  Aldrich, 
Miss  Bartholomew,  Mrs.  Cummings,  Miss  Loew 

Old  Black  Baker Mr.  Greene 

Men Mr.  Morris,  Mr.  Sweeney 


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8.  DANCE.  OLD  BLACK  BAKER  AND  THE  DEVIL 

(Uncle  Remus) 

Local  legend  says  that  Old  Black  Baker,  a  whimsical  old  negro, 
who  was  village  cow-herd,  swore  that  coming  home  one  night  through 
the  woods,  he  met  the  Devil.  He  was  tempted  with  gifts,  and  so 
frightened  that  at  last  in  utter  terror  he  took  to  his  heels.  What 
proves  the  truth  of  the  story  is  that  Baker  could  exactly  describe 
the  Devil's  appearance,  hide,  hoofs,  etc. 

(Dance  hy  Mr.  Green  and  Miss  Valentine) 

9.  THE  CALL  TO  ARMS     (April  I8-19,   1775) 

For  its  size  Peterborough  contributed  generously  at  different 
times  to  the  Revolutionary  forces.  Perhaps,  however,  its  most  famous 
contribution  was  the  hastily  gathered  band  of  some  twenty  who,  un- 
der the  leadership  of  Captain  Robert  Wilson,  responded  instantly 
when  the  first  call  came.  The  little  band,  armed  as  promiscuously 
as  the  scene  shows,  got  only  as  far  as  Groton  when  word  of  the  Con- 
cord fight  reached  them,  with  orders  to  disband  for  the  moment. 

Cast 
Young  Farmer,  with  Ploughboy's  Whistle  Mr.  Jagger 
Elder  Phipps        ......      Mr.  Dustin 

Three  Farmers    .      Mr.  Bagley,  Mr.  Morris,  Mr.  Sweeney 

Captain  Wilson Mr.  Abbott 

Two  Other  Fajimers  .         .       Mr.  Harbour,  Mr.  Keenan 
Tim  McCoy  .         .         .         .         .  Mr.  Higgins 

Townspeople  Miss  Adams,  Miss  Dorman,  Miss  McQuil- 
lan, Miss  O'Donoliue,  Miss  Modesta,  Miss  Olive  Miller, 
Miss  Knox,  Miss  O'Dwyer,  Mrs.  Bagley,  Miss  Bagley, 
Mr.  S.  S.  Green,  Mr.  Ellsworth,  Mr.  Hunter,  Mr.  Wm. 
Hunter,  Mr.  H.  H.  Harbour,  Mr.  Jellison.  Mr.  Ware 

Boy .     James  Spalding 

Younger  Boys     Richard  Brooks,  Robert  BrooTis,   Claude 

Lovell  and  others 
Minute  Man          .....  Mr.  Fennerty 

Old  Woman Miss  Baetz 


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Cast — Continued 
Andrew  Todd       ......      Mr.  Willie 

His  Grandsons      ....    Mr.  Doiv^  Mr.  E.  Dow 

Drummer Mr.  Wilson 

FiFER     ........     Mr.  Pierce 

10.     WORKING  THE  HAND-LOOMS.     (I8I0) 

(L«  Fileuse,  Raff) 
The  first  cotton  mill  in  Peterborough  was  built  in  1809-10.  During 
the  century  the  industry  grew  markedly.  The  scene  aims  to  imitate 
the  motion  of  the  working  at  the  old  hand-looms.  With  one  hand 
resting  on  the  loom,  the  worker  pressed  the  tread,  threw  over  the 
shuttle  with  the  other  hand,  drew  the  bar  in,  threw  it  back ;  and, 
shifting  the  hand  on  the  loom,  repeated  the  motions.  As  the  song 
implies,  in  the  early  days  of  milling  in  New  England,  young  women 
very  generally  worked  in  the  mills,  to  lay  by  money  for  education, 
for  a  marriage  portion,  for  many  other  reasons  than  mere  self-sup- 
port. 

SONG  OF  THE  WEAVERS 

Men — Day !    Now  once  more 

Dawns  day  for  our  toil ! 
Women — Bright  through  the  dark. 

Day's  glory  burns. 

Fresh  to  his  loom 

The  weaver  returns. 

Now  wakes  the  bobbin 

In  shuttles  at  play. 

And  weaves  through  the  hours 

The  gold  with  the  gray. 

Fly,  shuttles,  fly ! 

Sigh,  bobbins,  sigh! 

Who  gave  you  heart  and  tongue? 

Who  gave  you  sob  and  song? 

Oh,  fly,  shuttle,  fly! 

'Twas  I,  'twas  I! 


NUBANUSIT  RIVER— View  from  the  Tower  House 


3         1      »  3 


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Mixed  Chorus — I  hear  the  bobbin  cry : 

"  Toil  on,  toil  on,  as  I !  " 

Fly,  shuttle,  fly! 
Women — Weave  in  my  hopes ! 
Men — Shuttle,  fly! 
Women — Weave,  loom,  of  magic  thread 

Roof  for  my  mother's  head. 

Gold  when  I  wed ! 
Men — Weave  me  bright  gold ! 
Women — Oh,  weave  me  bright  days ! 
Men — Weave  me  a  path 

To  power  and  praise ! 
Women — Weave  golden  wings ! 

Bobbin,  spin  free ! 

Far,  far,  waits  Learning, 

A-calling  to  me ! 
Mixed  Chorus — Weave  hope  and  toil! 

Fly,  shuttle,  through! 

Weave  me  my  doom 

Of  dreams-come-true ! 
Weave — weave ! 
Weave — weave ! 

Cast 

Men        Edwards,   Barker,    Charkowski,    Garfield,  Jagger, 

Smith,  Tetley,  Weeks,  Woollett 
The  Fife  Sisters  .  Mrs.  Frunce  and  Miss  Condon 
Other  Women  Miss  Aldrich,  Miss  Bailey,  Mrs.  G. 
Brown,  Miss  Bugbee,  Mrs.  Cheney,  Mrs.  G.  D.  Cum- 
mings,  Mrs.  Cutler,  Miss  C.  Davis,  Miss  N.  Hatch,  Miss 
Hunter,  Mrs.  Hawkins,  Miss  Knight,  Miss  Lacey,  Miss 
Loew,  Miss  Madden,  Miss  Marsh,  Miss  B.  Miller,  Mrs. 
Parker,  Mrs.  Peasley,  Miss  Shattuck,  Mrs.  Sleight,  Mrs. 
Tetley,  Miss  Tubbs,  Mrs.  White,  Mrs.  Wilson,  Miss 
Grace  Greene,  Miss  Bishop 


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11.     THE  DESERTED  FARM 

(The  Deserted  Farm  and  Constancy) 

The  scene  represents  the  abandonment  of  the  farms,  which, 
beginning  in  the  1850-60  period  with  the  gold  fever,  became  really 
serious  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War. 

{Song — Mrs.  Knight) 

Farmer's  Wife — Here  our  babes  were  bom,  and  here 
Glad  through  all  the  toil  were  we. 
Never,  never  half  so  dear 
New  homes  shall  be ! 
Weed  and  wind! 
Storm  be  kind ! 
Here  our  hearts  still  dwell. 
Farewell !      Farewell ! 

-♦ 

{Song — Constancy — Miss  Bartholomew) 

Old  lilac  bushes  thin  and  gray 
In  wistful  longing  sigh. 
Dishevelled  roses  blush  in  vain; 
No  mistress  lingers  by. 
The  tansy  creeps  e'en  to  the  door 
Through  garden  tangles  sweet. 
Gaunt  apple  trees,  their  wizened  fruit 
Strew  at  the  master' s  feet ; 
And  lo!    a  cricket  bravely  chirps 
Throughout  the  lonely  house. 
But  those  who  lov'd  there,  long  ago, 
They  sleep  too  deep  to  'rouse. 
Yet  keep,  oh  keep,  your  trust  to  heart, 
T  will  never  last  now  long ; 
For  house  and  ye  shall  pass  away, 
Yea,  even  as  my  song. 

E.  MacDowell. 


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Cast 

Neighbors        Miss  Almonritter,  Mrs.  Ware,  Mrs.  Greene, 

Miss  Greene,  Mr.  Hunter,  Miss  Hunter 
Emigrating  Farmer  ....     Mr.  W.  F.  Greene 
Farmer's  Wife 
Farmer's  Son      . 
Farmer's  Daughter    . 
Her  Lover  .... 
Young  Girl 


Mrs.  Knight 

Mr.  Wm.  Hunter 

.     Miss  Oltve  Miller 

Mr.  H.  H.  Harbour 

Miss  Ware 


12.  DANCE. 


IN  AUTUMN 

(Miss  Valentine) 

(Intermission  of  8  minutes) 


PART  III 

13.  THE   CIVIL  WAR.     THE  PEOPLE  OF  PETER- 
BOROUGH WELCOME   THEIR   SOLDIERS 


(March— OpM*  ^4,  No.  2) 

SONG  OF  WELCOME 

Mixed  Chorus — Praise  God!   Whose  anger  gave 
Wild  war  and  silent  grave ; 
Praise  God,  who  freed  the  slave. 
Praise  God,  who  leads  the  brave. 
Home !   Home !    Home ! 

Women — Tears,  tears. 

Heal  our  pain! 
Bring,  oh  cheers. 


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The  laughter  fled! 
Weep,  sing! 
Home  again 
Naught  will  bring 
Our  noble  dead. 

Mixed  Chorus — Rejoice !   War  is  done ! 
We  are  free,  we  are  one ! 
Oh,  rejoice,  rejoice! 
Oh,  rejoice! 

Women — Hope,  hope 

Broke  the  night! 
Flaming  hope 
Led  us  on! 

Men — On,  on! 

Up  the  height, 
God,  lead  us  on,  on! 
God,  lead  us  on,  on ! 
Onward  and  onward  and  on! 

Mixed  Chorus — Praise  God!    From  shore  to  shore. 
Home  ride  the  hosts  of  war. 
"  Praise  God!  "  the  echoes  roar. 
Freedom!   and,  evermore. 
Union ! 

God,  lead  on! 

Height  to  height,  nobly  won. 
Onward  and  onward  and  on ! 


The  Whole  Cast 


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14.  DANCE.  PETERBOROUGH  WELCOMES  PEO- 
PLE OF  OTHER  NATIONS  AND  THE  MUSES  TO 
HER  WOODS  AND  HILLS 

CDanse  Andalouse) 

All  the  nations  named  are  represented  in  the  present  popula- 
tion of  Peterborough. 

Peterborough,  Mrs.  Bethiah  Alexander;  Fanning,  Mrs. 
Ainsworth;  Milling,  Miss  Lacey;  Forestry,  Miss  Adams; 
Education,  Mrs.  Jennie  H.  Field. 

Dancers — Women 
Scotch,  Miss  Condon;   English,  Miss  Seccombe;    Welsh, 
Miss  O.  Miller;    French,  Mrs.  Jarvis;    Pole,  Miss  Faulkner; 
Italian,  Miss  Vanni;    Finn,  Miss  Faulkner;    Portuguese,  Mrs. 
L.  A.  Wilson. 

Dancers — Men 
Irishman,  Mr.  Dow;   German,  Mr.   Harbour;    Hungarian, 
Mr.  E.  Dow;   Chinese,  Mr.  Smith;  Dane,  Mr.  Barker;  Rus- 
sian, Mr.  Charkowski. 

The  Muses 

Clio Miss  BartJiolomew 

Euterpe Miss  Johnson 

Melpomene Miss  Morgan 

Thalia Miss  Cdt6 

Terpsichore Miss  Valentine 

15.  THE  MARCH  PAST.  PETERBOROUGH  RE- 
VIEWS  THE   HISTORICAL   GROUPS. 

(Portions  of  the  Sonata  Tragica) 
SONG  OF  TRIUMPHANT  LABOR 
Settlers — Oh,  high  beat  the  sea, 
Our  hearts  sang  free. 


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From  famine  came  we 

Oh,  afar,  afar! 
Indians — Wild  lands  we  found. 

Wild  men  and  stony  ground. 
Pain  and  woe  and  bitter  wound. 

Famine,  fading  hopes  and  war ! 

Colonials — Up,  wake  the  soil! 

Through  war's  turmoil, 
'Neath  strong  arms  that  toil 
Fields  they  bloom,  bloom ! 

Revolutionary  Figures — Brave  men  and  wise, 
Fair  towns  and  cities  rise. 
Tyrants  fall  and  kingship  dies, 

Labor,  labor,  spade  and  loom ! 

Milling  Group — Wild  wood  and  stone 
To  empire  grown! 
For  Labor,  a  throne 

And  for  man,  space ! 

Civil  War  and  Later — Proud  roofs  and  spires ! 
Loud  mills  and  roaring  fires ! 
Mighty  sons  of  fearless  sires !  — 
Teeming  land  and  titan  race ! 

The  Foreign  Races — Wake,  aliens,  wake! 
Old  ties  must  break. 
Here  new  loves  shall  wake  ! 

Come,  be  free,  free  ! 
Whip,  thong  and  scourge 
Forget,  and  anger  purge  ! 
Joy  and  labor  yet  shall  merge. 

Enter,  brothers  !  Be  ye  free . 


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The  Entire  Group — Right,  Toil  and  Light ! 
Be  they  our  might ! 
Strong-winged  be  our  flight 

Where  the  dream  leads  ! 
Right  !  Mark  our  way  ! 
Rouse,  Toil,  the  sleeping  clay  ! 
Light  !  Sweep  on,  through  dark  to  day, 
Kindhng  man  to  dreams  and  deeds  ! 


The  Whole  Cast  and 
Peterborough,  Eng. 
Earl  of  Peterborough 
English  Bishop 
Peterborough  County,  Eng. 
Peterborough  County,  Canada 
Peterborough,  Canada 
Peterborough,  N.  Y.      . 


Mrs.  Cutler 
Mr.  Miller 
.  Mr.  Peters 
Victor  Miller 
Walter  Wliitefield 
Hilda  White 
Lillian  Ames 


16.     FINALE 

(The  Wild  Rose) 

THE  SPIRIT  OF  THE  MASTER  SPEAKS 

{Solo — Miss  Bartholomew) 

Come,  oh,  songs !  come,  oh,  dreams  ! 
Soft  the  gates  of  day  close — 
Sleep,  my  birds  !   sleep,  streams  ! 
Sleep,  my  wild  rose  ! 
Pool  and  bud,  hill  and  deep. 
You  who  wore  my  robes,  sleep  ! 
Droop,  East !  die.  West  ! 
Let  my  land  rest. 


I 


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Woods  !   I  woke  your  boughs  ! 
Hills  !   I  woke  your  elf-throngs  ! 
Land  !  all  thy  hopes  and  woes 
Rang  from  me  in  songs  ! 
Come,  oh,  songs  !   come,  oh,  dreams ! 
In  our  house  is  deep  rest, 
Through  the  pines  gleams,  gleams 
Bright  the  gold  West ! 

There  the  flutes  shall  cry. 

There  the  viols  weep. 

Laugh,  my  dreams,  and  sigh. 

Sing,  and  vigil  keep. 

Call  to  them  that  sleep  ! 
Call!  call! 

Finis 


East  and  West 
Life  beckons.     Nothing  satisfies  the  soul 
But  opportunity  for  nobler  work, 
And  glimpses  of  illimitable  fields. 

Lucy  Larcom. 


The  STEINWAY  GRAND  PIANO  used  during  the  Pageant 
was  furnished  by  M.  STEINERT  &  SONS  CO.,  Manchester, 
N.  H. 


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George  P.  Baker,  Master  of  the  Pageant,  has  been  teaching  in 
Harvard  University  since  1888.  At  present  he  is  Professor  of  Dramatic 
Literature.  He  has  published  The  Development  of  Shakespeare  as  a 
Dramatist ,  Some  Unpublished  Correspondence  of  David  Oarrick,  etc. 
He  is  editor-in-chief  of  the  dramatic  section  of  the  Belles  Lettres  Series. 
Hyde  lecturer  at  the  University  of  Paris,  1907-8,  on  The  Development 
of  Tragedy  and  Comedy  in  England  from  1580-1800.  Member  of 
Executive  Coimcil  of  "  Boston  1915"  to  represent  the  section  on  Fine 
and  Industrial  Arts. 

Chalmers  Clifton,  conductor  of  the  Orchestra,  bom  in  Jackson, 
Miss.,  studied  at  the  Cincinnati  Conservatory  of  Music,  graduating  in 
1908.  A  member  of  the  class  of  1912  at  Harvard,  he  is  conductor 
of  the  Orchestra  of  Harvard  University  and  of  the  Musical  Art  Club 
of  Boston. 

Hermann  Hagedom,  author  of  the  special  lyrics,  bom  in  New 
York  City,  was  the  class  poet  at  Harvard  in  1907.  Instructor  in 
English  at  Harvard.  Delivered  "Lincoln  Ode"  before  Loyal  Legion  of 
United  States,  Commandery  of  Pennsylvania,  February,  1909.  Author 
of  several  plays  produced  by  the  Harvard  Dramatic  Club.  Adapter 
of  the  Norwegian  play.  The  Witch^hj  H.Wiers- Jensen  produced  at  the 
New  Theatre,  New  York,  in  February,  1910.  He  has  published  The 
Silver  Blade,  a  romantic  play  in  verse;  The  Woman  of  Corinth,  a 
tale  in  verse;  The  Horse  Thieves,  a  farce;  A  Troop  of  the  Guard 
and  other  Poems. 

H.  Brooks  Day,  leader  of  the  Peterborough  McDowell  Club, 
is  choirmaster  at  St.  Luke's  Church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Gwendolyn  Valentine,  who  has  arranged  the  dances,  is  a 
member  of  the  Fritzi  Scheff  Co.  Formerly  she  was  in  the  companies 
of  Miss  Anglin  and  Miss  Marlowe. 


so  Peterborough  Memorial  Pageant 

THE   MacDOWELL    MEMORIAL   ASSOCIATION 

In  "Deep  Woods"  on  his  farm  at  Peterborough,  Mr.  Mao- 
Do  well  built  a  log  cabin.  Surrounded  by  enormous  pines, 
it  faces,  through  a  lovely  vista,  Monadnock  and  the  "Setting 
Sun. ' '  Here  came  into  existence  all  the  MacDowell  music  writ- 
ten within  the  last  five  or  six  years  of  his  working  life, — the 
Norse  and  Keltic  Sonatas,  The  New  England  Idyls  and  Fireside 
Tales,  and  many  songs  and  choruses. 

His  surroundings  were  a  source  of  endless  inspiration,  and 
he  realized  keenly  how  much  this  isolated  quiet  meant  in  his 
own  development;  and,  equally  keenly,  how  much  such  environ- 
ment might  mean  to  others  less  fortunate.  In  his  University 
experience,  he  often  met  students  struggling  with  the  material 
problem  of  life  ;  and  although,  sometimes,  it  was  not  so  difficult 
for  them  to  achieve  the  hall  bedroom  and  sufficient  food  to  keep 
alive  the  body,  the  mind  suffered  from  a  lack  of  those  stimulating 
conditions  which  are  so  necessary  for  any  form  of  imaginative 
work.  There  came  to  Mr.  MacDowell  the  slowly  evolved  hope 
that  when  he  might  no  longer  be  alive  to  use  the  Peterborough 
home  it  might  serve  to  help  others. 

The  plan  was  but  vaguely  formulated,  only  one  point  being 
well  defined ;  this  was  that  the  place  should  be  made  a  center  for 
those  in  search  of  congenial  conditions  for  work  and  rest.  And 
the  plan  contemplated,  at  the  same  time,  the  possibility  of  a 
comfortable  summer  home  which  might  be  had  for  a  small  price. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  MacDowell,  his  wife  transferred  the 
property  to  the  MacDowell  Memorial  Association,  retaining  only 
life  tenure.  This,  with  the  generosity  of  some  of  his  friends 
and  pupils,  made  it  possible  to  start  the  plan. 

The  deed  of  gift  reads  as  follows :  "It  is  expressly  and 
especially  desired  that  this  home  of  Edward  MacDowell  shall  be 
a  center  of  interest  to  artists  working  in  varied  fields,  who,  being 
there  brought  into  contact,  may  learn  to  fully  appreciate  the 
fundamental  unity  of  the  separated  arts.  That  in  it  the  indi- 
vidual artist  may  gain  a  sympathetic  attitude  towards  the  works 
of  artists  in  fields  other  than  that  in  which  such  artist  tries  to 
embody  the  beautiful,  by  recognizing  that  each  art  has  a  special 


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HON.  ROBERT  P.  BASS 
of  Peterborough 


Candidate  for  the  Repubhcan  Gubernatorial 
Nomination  before  the   Primaries 


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function   just  so  far  as  it  has    gained  a  special   medium  of 
expression. 

♦*  That,  while  the  use  of  the  home  should  thus  materially  be 
given,  for  the  most  part,  to  productive  artists,  nevertheless  its 
use  might  be  accorded  to  artists  and  others  who  are  sympa- 
thetic with  the  aims  and  purposes  of  the  donor. 

"  That  no  social  distinctions  shall  be  allowed  to  determine 
the  choice  of  those  who  may  be  permitted  to  make  use  of  the 
privileges  of  the  place.  That  it  shall  in  no  sense  be  looked  upon 
as  a  charitable  institution  ;  and  therefore,  those  who  avail  them- 
selves of  its  privileges  should  be  required  to  pay  such  moderate 
sums  as  might  be  possible,  in  return  for  the  benefits  received." 

The  first  president  of  the  Edward  MacDowell  Memorial 
Association  was  the  late  Richard  Watson  Gilder,  who  took  the 
keenest  interest  in  it. 

The  present  members  of  the  Association  are : 
John  W.  Alexander  Frederick  A.  Stokes 

Walter  Cook  Louis  Morris  Starr 

Howard  Mansfield  Isaac  N.  Seligman 

Hamlin  Garland  Horatio  J.  Brewer 

Mrs.  Howard  Mansfield        Robert  H.  Robertson 
Henry  T.  Finck  Miss  Mary  Morison 

H.  Rutgers  Marshall  Mrs.  Perkins  Bass 

Benjamin  Prince  Mrs.  Edward  MacDowell 

George  Ingraham  Robert  Underwood  Johnson 

Allan  Robinson  Mrs.  William  Schofield 


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